Religion
Language
Diffusion examples
the Big Ideas
Country of origin
100

This is the most widely practice religion in the world

Christianity 

100

This is the most widely spoken language in the world

English

100

When a person moves countries and brings their cultural trait with them

Relocation

100

This is the term that describes evaluating another person's culture based on your own values and ideas

ethnocentrism 

100

This is where sushi comes from

Japan

200

The crescent moon is the religious symbol for this religion

Islam

200

This is the term that means a language that is a combination of a colonizer's language and the language of the colonized

creole language

200

The spread of Buddhism was facilitated by this type of diffusion

Hierarchical OR contagious

200
This is the term means extending a country's political influence through political and military force to an area already inhabited by indigenous people

Imperialism

200

This is the country paella comes from


Spain

300

Religions that believe in one god are called this

Monotheistic 

300

This theory puts forth that the Indo-European language family was spready by warriors conquering neighboring lands

Kurgan Warrior Theory

300

Picking up on a new trend that you see at school and then you do is an example of this type of diffusion

Contagious diffusion

300

The ideas, values and beliefs of a culture are called this.

mentifacts

300

Holi is typically practiced in this country

India

400

These are the two dominant gods in Hindiusm

Shiva and Vishnu

400

This percentage of languages is at risk of becoming extinct in the next 100 years

50%

400

The Anatolian Farmer Theory says the Indo-European language family spread through this type of diffusion 

relocation

400

This is the name for pressures that divide groups of people

centrifugal forces

400

This country hosts the Incan city of Machu Pichu

Peru

500

This is the name for the set of principles that Buddhists believe to be the true reality (hint: name includes a number)

Four Noble Truths

500

This is the name of the common lingua franca in East/Central Africa

Swahili

500

If a celebrity starts wearing work-wear clothes, it exemplifies this type of diffusion

reverse hierarchical 

500

Sikhism, being a combination of Hinduism and Islam, would be classified as an example of this.

Syncretism

500

This is the country of origin for Haggis

Scotland

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